Just as promised, this evening 4A Games officially revealed the next mainline game in the Metro series. Metro 2039 is scheduled to release ‘this Winter', so any potential delay would likely push the game into 2027. Metro 2039 is a handcrafted, story-driven shooter campaign in which players take on the …

In the latest episode of the official Xbox podcast, Xbox Game Studios head, Matt Booty, shared fresh details on the ‘tech sharing' culture it has built across its studios. At this point, most of the Xbox Game Studios are helping each other out, with one major example being Blizzard's involvement …

Earlier this week, we learned through leaks that Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Football Manager 26 and The Crew Motorfest would all be joining the PlayStation Plus library this month. Now, Sony has revealed the full list, including five extra games. PlayStation Plus Extra is Sony's answer to Game Pass, giving …

Following on from last week's announcement of the low-power Cubi NUC TWG mini PC, MSI has introduced another Cubi NUC system built for more demanding applications, powered by the new Intel Core Ultra 3 CPUs. The Cubi NUC AI+ 3MG includes dual Thunderbolt 4 ports and support for up to …

Four brand-new games are coming to GeForce Now this week, including new PC survival hit, Windrose, as well as Capcom's latest title, Pragmata. Pragmata is a new sci‑fi action‑adventure set on a lunar research station, where astronaut Hugh and android Diana fight to escape a facility overrun by a hostile …

For a while now there have been rumours floating around about a secret expansion for Dragon's Dogma 2. Now, we have our best evidence yet, as a mysterious 77GB patch for the game has been discovered on Steam.  The mysterious update, which was quickly hidden from public view in the …

Diablo 3 was a huge success on the original Nintendo Switch. Now, it appears that Blizzard is looking to double down on Switch support by bringing Diablo 4 over to Nintendo's platform.  Recently, the Indonesia Game Rating System suffered a security breach, leading to a massive amount of leaks, including …

Last week, a hacker group gained access to a limited number of Rockstar Games files and threatened to leak them unless Rockstar paid a ransom fee. Rockstar didn't pay, and as expected, the group did leak the files. The whole situation appears to have backfired, as the leak contained nothing …

Starfield has been out on PS5 for around a week now and while it is doing better than a few other recently released Xbox ports, the sales numbers still sound far from ideal for a game that had been in development for a decade. 

Sony has not yet announced the next round of titles for the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium libraries, but the same leaker responsible for monthly PS+ Essential leaks has now revealed some of the new games heading to Extra and Premium subscribers later this month.  Just after the midway point …

Earlier this week, Blizzard surprise-dropped the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Overwatch, promising improved visuals and, crucially, an upgrade to 60FPS gameplay. Unfortunately, the update has not brought the performance improvements expected. 

Recently, Sony announced a fresh round of pricing adjustments for its PS5 console line-up, pushing costs up for the PS5, PS5 Digital Edition, the PS5 Pro, the PlayStation Portal and other accessories. As it turns out, this announcement pushed many US gamers into upgrading before the new pricing came into …

ENDORFY has introduced the Aquarius 8000, a new showcase‑style PC case featuring a flat tempered‑glass side panel and a curved glass front. The design is made for users who want hardware on display without sacrificing configuration flexibility. Two models are launching – the Aquarius 8000 Corona and the Aquarius 8000 …

For a while there, if you wanted to go above 144Hz, you would have to spend hundreds of pounds on a new gaming monitor. Over the past year, the barrier to entry for these ultra-high refresh monitors has only lowered. The latest from Philips Evnia can have you gaming at up to 260Hz for less than £160.

It has been a good while since Metro Exodus came out, capping off the story of Artyom and taking fans through some of the events of the final book. Now, 4A Games is preparing for its next major game, Metro 2039, and it will be announced later this week. 

We are six months on from Microsoft's big shake-up of the Game Pass services, introducing new tiers and raising prices across the board, including a 50% price increase on the Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Now, new Xbox head, Asha Sharma, is telling employees that Game Pass needs “a better value …

While Overwatch has been available on the Nintendo Switch for a long time now, it was arguably the worst way to play the game. While PC players have access to infinite frame rates, and Xbox and PlayStation players had access to 60FPS, Overwatch on the Switch was limited to 30FPS, …

Nvidia has revealed the next round of DLSS-supported games hitting the market. This week, full path-tracing and DLSS support are confirmed for Capcom's next game, Pragmata. Aside from that though, several other games from smaller studios are also getting DLSS upgrades. Pragmata releases later this week, on April 17th. The …

Starfield has been out on PS5 for a few days. I finally picked it up last night, started up a fresh save and was immediately met with a game crash. Unfortunately, I'm not alone in this experience, with many players experiencing system crashes and hangs during gameplay. However, Bethesda is …

Over the weekend, a rumour began doing the rounds claiming that Fable had been internally delayed, perhaps pushing it as far as 2027 to avoid GTA 6. Playground Games is looking to squash that rumour quickly by reaffirming the game's release plans.  In a new tweet, without directly addressing the …

It came as quite the surprise when Pete Hines left Bethesda. The company's long-time PR lead departed once Starfield hit the market, and it sounds like the merger with Microsoft played a major factor. In a recent interview with Firezide Chat (via VGC), Hines said that it “it was really …

Late last week, a hacking group claimed to have breached Rockstar Games, stealing a selection of data, none of which is believed to be related to Grand Theft Auto 6. Now, Rockstar has confirmed it did suffer a cyber-attack recently. In a statement sent to press outlets like Kotaku and …

Thermal Grizzly continues to expand its liquid-cooling line-up with the ROG Astral RTX 5080 DeltaMate GPU block – featuring borosilicate glass for the first time. The block retains the series’ core features, including 0.2mm microfins, full‑metal construction with an illuminated viewing window, and cooling coverage for all VRAM and VRM …

MSI has announced the Cubi NUC TWG Series, a new compact mini‑PC range powered by Intel’s N Series processors and housed in an ultra-compact 0.55‑litre chassis. The Cubi NUC TWG supports up to three displays, including output over USB‑C, and includes dual‑LAN connectivity with 2.5G and 1G ports. MSI’s cable …

Crimson Desert has been off to a great start. While the game had some lower critic scores than expected, the game has secured high praise from players and that positive word of mouth has led to over 5 million sales so far. Now, the developers at Pearl Abyss are sharing …

A couple of weeks ago, AMD officially announced the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor, combining two stacks of 3D V-Cache in one chip. This is going to be AMD's top-end Ryzen desktop processor, so we expected it to be expensive, but the exact cost remained elusive. That changed this …

Nvidia has dropped the next round of DLSS-supported titles, alongside a new batch of games for the GeForce Now cloud gaming service. This week, Samson launches with DLSS Multi Frame Generation, ray‑traced effects, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, and DLSS Super Resolution that can be upgraded to DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution via the …

It has been a couple of months since the last State of Play showcase took place. Apparently, there could be another one happening pretty soon. 

Ten years on from its initial reveal, No Man's Sky is still getting updates. In the latest content drop, Hello Games added a full Pokémon-style battle arena to the game, along with the ability to catch and train different alien species.  The Xeno Arena update is now available for No …

Hazelight Studios has made a name for itself over the years with a series of high-quality co-op titles. At this stage, the studio has managed to sell 50 million copies of its games, but as you may expect, the majority of that comes from 2021 GOTY winner, It Takes Two.  …